Ashtangasamgraha 2.38

2.38

varttate yastu siddhārthaḥ sa sarvamativarttate ||

viśeṣeṇa nārī |

vyādhīṃścāsyā mṛdumadhuraśiśirasukhairauṣadhāhāravihārairupācaret |

na cāsyā vamanādīni prayojayet |

na raktāvasecanam |

kevalaṃ tvaṣṭamamāsamupādāyāsthāpāmanuvāsanaṃ vā |

vamanādisādhyeṣu punarvikāreṣu mṛdubhistadarthakāribhirvopakramet pūrṇamiva tailapātramasaṃkṣobhayadgarbhiṇīmupācarediti |

bhavanti cātra ||

caturdhātra kṣatacchedadāhādyairabhighātajaḥ ||

divyāmbu jīvayettasya jvaraṃ cāśu niyacchati ||

caturvarṣe sukhaṃ bāle yāvaddvādaśavārṣike ||

bālasya pānābhyaṅgābhyāmebhiśconmardanaṃ hitam ||

He who proceeds having accomplished his purpose surpasses everything.

Especially a woman;

and one should treat her diseases with mild, sweet, cool, and comfortable medicines, food, and regimens;

and one should not administer emesis and the like to her,

nor bloodletting,

except that from the eighth month onward, [one may administer] an asthāpāna or an anuvāsana enema;

moreover, in disorders manageable by emesis and the like, one should approach her with mild measures that achieve that purpose, [and] one should treat a pregnant woman without causing agitation, as if [holding] a vessel full of oil.

And here are verses on the subject:

Here, that which arises from trauma is of four kinds, due to wounds, excisions, burns, and the like.

Celestial water revives him and quickly restrains his fever.

Easily in a child four years old up to twelve years old.

Massage along with drinking and inunction of these is beneficial for a child.